Sebastian Barnes (footballer)

Sebastian Barnes
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-11-18) 18 November 1976
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Hearts of Oak
1995–1996 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 (0)
1997 Orlando Sundogs 23 (14)
1997–1998 1. FSV Mainz 05 6 (0)
1998–2001 VfL Hamm/Sieg
2006–2008 SF Neitersen
National team
1991–1993 Ghana U17 12 (0)
1994 Ghana 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Sebastian Barnes (born 18 November 1976) is a Ghanaian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.

Career

Club career

Barnes began his career with Hearts of Oak,[2] before playing for top-level German teams Bayer 04 Leverkusen and 1. FSV Mainz 05.[3] In 1997, Barnes played for the Orlando Sundogs in the USISL A-League.[4] After leaving Mainz in 1998, Barnes played for a number of lower league German clubs, including VfL Hamm/Sieg and SF Neitersen.[2]

International career

After representing Ghana at the FIFA U-17 World Championship in both 1991 and 1993,[5] Barnes earned one cap for the senior team in 1994.

References

  1. "Barnes, Sebastian" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Sebastian Barnes". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  3. Sebastian Barnes at fussballdaten.de (German)
  4. Solano, Javier (6 April 1997). "Sundogs Hitch Their Hopes To Shooting Star". orlandosentinel.com. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  5. Sebastian BarnesFIFA competition record
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